Editor's Note: Part 1 of this article (www.naturopathydigest.com/archives/2006/apr/bishop.php) appeared in the April 2006 issue.
The Vitamin C Connection Flavonoids usually are found alongside vitamin C in nature. Vitamin C is conveniently found in the pulp of many fruits, while the skins contain the flavonoids. It might be prudent, when giving vitamin C, to supplement with a flavonoid-rich extract, since studies have shown that supplementing vitamin C with flavonoids might prevent the breakdown of vitamin C in the tissues. Flavonoid molecules are hydroxyl radical scavengers. The proposed mechanism by which flavonoids sustain the vitamin C in the tissues might be the flavonoids chelating trace copper ions, scavenging free radicals and preventing rancidity of oils, similar to the way EDTA binds trace metals in a chelation protocol. At the April 2006 Northwest Naturopathic Physicians Conference in Tacoma, Wash., Arnold Leonard, PhD, MD, demonstrated the synergy of flavon...Read More
When was Plato around? How many centuries ago? Even thousands of years ago.
Now medicine is so 'advanced' that we have divided doctors into countless specialties.
What do you think happens when someone goes to a specialist time and time again?
The overall cause of the symptoms get missed - completely.
The classic example for me is cancer.
Primary care physician schedules you for your mammogram. Cancer is found, surgically removed and no traces of the cancer are found after surgery. Chemo is done anyhow to ensure full eradication of the cancer.
Two years later, still cancer free.
Or?
Did you discuss the cause of the cancer with your surgeon?
Did you remove the cause of your cancer?
The cancer was just a part of you that malfunctioned and that part got removed; however, the cause of the malfunction still remains.
The whole was not treated; only the part.
A team of healthcare professionals is needed in order to effectively treat your whole being; not just your 'parts.'